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REUBEN B. WILL, OF NEW MARKET, ASSIGNOR T0 WESLEY H. COLTON, OF L, SHENANDOAH COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

Lease Para.: No. 67,149, @zaad July 2s, 1867.

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Be it known that I, REUBEN B. WILL, ofvNew Market, in the county of Shenandoah, and State of Virginia, have invented a new. and improved Washing Machine; and I do `hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this p specication, in which- Figure l is a. perspective view of the machine, complete.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section, taker.v in a vertical plane through the centre of the machine.

.Figure 3 is a. transverse section, taken in a vertical plane through the centre of the machine.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures. 4

This invention relates to certain novel improvements in the construction of washing machines, whereby a. concave bed of rollers or rolling surfaces and a number of vibrating arms are employed in such manner as to i secure the advantages of rubbing, squeezing, and cleansing in a very perfect manner, as will be hereinafter described.

The nature of my invention consists in the employment of an oscillating drum or shaft, which is armed with three or more beaters, applied to it at diiferent points so as to radiate from its axis, in 'conjunction with a concave roller-bedwhich is arranged within a semicircular box, so as to be concentric to the axisof said oscillating drum,- as will be hereinafter explained. i

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I will describe its construction and operation r In the accompanying drawings, A Arepresent the two vertical sides of a. box, having a semicircular bottom', a, made of sheet metal, as shown in the sectional views, figs. 2 and 3. The ends of this metallic bottom, a, are secured to vertical end pieces I) b, which extend up to the top edges of the side boards. The box is provided with covers B B, which are removable, and also with handles c c c c at its ends, for facilitating its movement from one place to another. The central rib or projection d on top of 'the box` is adapted for having a wringer secured to it, -so that, with the covers B removed, the water wrung from the cleansed articles will run back into the box. This box m'ay be made of any suitable capacity, and it should be mounted upon legs C C', so as tohave a. irm support. .Inst below the central rib d is a drum, D, havingits end bearings in the sides of the box, and' to this drum three beater-arms, c e'c, are secured, so as to project radially from its axis, as shown in tig. 2. N These arms, e, are arranged upon their drum so that one precedes the other, as -shown in iig. 2, and to each arm 'pins or studs ff are secured so ,as to act in conjunction with their respective arms in pounding and cleansing the articles in the box, when the drum D is oscillatcd. Below' said beater-arms, and having their bearings in i the vertical sides of the box is a number of rollers, g g, which are arranged cbncentric to the axis of the oscillating drum D, near the bottom a, so as to form a rolling bed upon which to rub the articles during the operation of washing. One end of the shaft of drum D projects through one side ofthe wash-box, and has a crank-arm, h, secured on it, as shown in g. 1, to which arm one end-of a pitman-rod, z', is suitably connected, the other l end of which is connected to a wrist-pin on the end of a crank-arm,j. This crank-arm j is 4on the end of a crank-shaft, E, which extends transversely across the handles c c', and carries a balance-wheel, G, and a beltwheel G, as shown in` iig. 1. The ily-wheel is for the purpose ofequalizing the movement of the machine, and` the belt-wheel is designed for receiving around it a belt leading from some suitable prime mover, when it is not designed to operate the machine by manual power. The crank c on the shaft E is connected by means of a rod, F,'to a. treadle, J, so that the machine can be operated by means of the f eet when n o other convenient power is at hand. By the employment ofthe vibrating studded beater-arms within a semicircular box the articles placed i therein are beaten, and at the same time'carried from one part of the box to another, over the rolling-bed or bed of rollers. The arms keep the articles open in the water, and canse them to present new surfaces to the action of the rubbing-rollers; they also squeeze the articles so as to force out the unclean water and allow clean r waterto supply its place. All this is effected by my improved arrangement without liability to injure-the articles. The general shape and construction of the inside of the wash-box compel all the waterftherein to contribute to the cleansing of the articles.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire-to secure by Letters Patent, is-

r 1. The construction-of a washing-machine dasher, of a drum, D, and studded arms e e, arranged within a semicircular wash-box, having a. concave bed of rollers, substantially as described.

2.. The centrally-arranged rib d, in combination with the removable covers B and the concave wash-box, f having vibrating beating-arms applied within it, substantially as described, and for the purposes described.

` REUBEN B. WILL. Witnesses z PETER WINDLE, A. F. BURKE. 

